Introducing Wholesum Cookbooks: 280+ Field-Tested Recipes

Most people who find Wholesum arrive with recipes already in hand: a binder from the boathouse, a spreadsheet handed down from the last food buyer, favorites scrawled on index cards. Some arrive with nothing but a group size and a trip length. The Cookbooks are for them.

Three collections, organized by how you travel

These were written and reviewed by industry professionals, not scraped from the internet, and each is organized by food preservation method, which is what really separates trip types.

Whitewater Rafting, 104 recipes

Assumes a cooler. Breakfasts, lunches, dinners, sides, and treats that are easy to make at camp.

Backpacking Trips, 93 recipes

All shelf-stable and lightweight, with minimal equipment.

Canoe Voyages, 86 recipes

Shelf-stable for three to five days, no cooler needed, with travel-friendly ingredients and realistic portions for paddlers.

Browse free, import when you are ready

Every cookbook is readable at wholesum.app/cook_books with no account required. With a Wholesum account you can import an entire cookbook or individual recipes, then scale them to your group, flag restrictions for automatic substitutions, and export shopping and packing lists to PDF or Excel.

Also new: the Personal plan

Personal is for individuals planning food for friends and family rather than a commercial operation: one meal plan at a time, up to 15 people, with recipe scaling, substitutions, list exports, calendar planning, and Olive AI recipes. It is $13 a month billed annually.

A note before you plan

Recipes are a starting point. Review every menu for restrictions, allergies, appetite, and nutritional needs. Expedition appetites vary a lot with trip length, exertion, and weather.